In his words: “Alas, when a politician has the double disadvantage of obvious intelligence and an elite education and then on top of that tries to educate the public on a complex issue — as Al Gore did about climate change — then that candidate is derided as arrogant and out of touch.”

The Score: D (Dumb)
Alas, whenever we read Kristof — and this column was no exception — we wonder how he was ever hired to write for The Times, because he is so arrogant and out of touch. (Also: we recommend a ban on any sentence in which he uses either “whites” or “blacks” in an unironic sense.)